The Republican journal., 1887-11-24

the present ail:"e i; made Only three
fIi.' iit'an :"I.lpturs Ntrc selected and these
were Augustus s.. Go,,lcns, about whom
thrl'r is y log article ii lie November n,:l-
l'cr of The Century Magazine, D. c. French
al I.arl,in C.. Mead, who made the 1lo:ii:-
Ient which LOW form Alr.!ia,l Iircol:l;
tomb at f'll'ii., field, Ills, and who executed
Oh. colossal statue OF Vermont row placed
CTcr the lol.Ir If the state house at Mont
l.ciicr. Mcad'' frs effort. at sculpture were
Ill snow. lie lautic!cd a colossal figure of an
angel, which W;H greatly admired that tho
stol: o. il ;sot into Tho newspapers ard there
met the cyc OF the eccentric millionaire,
Nit'ilola, Longworth, of Cincinnati LONG
worth wrote to Head AMI offered to give
lin an art education. Mead accepted the
offer, ard through Longworth got the money
which helped him on to false.
In addition To these Americans two French
scyiptols were selected, and ono of these was
Bartholdi. the maker OF the statue of Liberty
III New York hurhor. The commission sent
letter to tie French minister of foreign af-
fairs asking him to name another sculptor to
compete for the work, but be dculincl to do
So. y list of eligible French artists was then
obtained from Augustus St Gualcns, and
tWo. namely, Mcrcie and Falrlcrc were
chosen. y third man was also selected but
10th he and st. Gaudcns refused to send in
designs Spr the statue They cvidcEtly con-
siGercd themselves Of enough note to get or
del5 without competing for thein and the do
s;i-il3 which were made come from the other
artists
These models are Tow kept in large room
il.s. of If that of the secretary Of war.
They IT" Oh n long mahogany tale and their
face look out toward the Corcoran art gal
lcry. Tho walls OF the room are hung with
Oil portrait; of the various sccrctaric. of war
Of the past and Tho whole forms Z sort Of an
an gallery.
The models Oh the largest scale arc those
Of NJ Barthcdi, and they are most complete
III their execution. Ono Of them was ruled
Out uil account Of its costug more tllau the
:;p;rHi I'iation. I'artholli putting the price at
!j5,GOo, and the plainncss of the other did
10, alit the commission SO well as the one
: ".'tcl. Thcso BGrthodi tlc.irns are about
fnar feet lii@ii, and the only difference lies in
tie lc;l"stals. Nc!l. Lafayette is represented
dressed in Continental uniform, holding q
l2. il onc hand and :s.'aspins the flags of
Irlncc and America with the ether His
eyes irc turned toward heaven, and Bar
tAolii c,i,lc4;ly intended TO symbolic La
fayr:!s .-iy".c himself up to the cause of
LLctty. lhe PEDESTAL of the more expensive
statue h.; elaborate designs in has relief
upon is ai!es. depicting the most noted
lr.ttl.; i! Nihith Lafayette figured in our
W;:f i T. Independence. On each corner of
The pedestal i~!ow the feet Of the statue
Ftan:' al -i;nerican eagle gra:pins globe
il it, tllon!;, ;,:ld between these on the front
Of tAa pedestal are these words: ''To our
French ;.lics." The pedestal Of the other
f5atrc is moro simple, and it.; chief difference
from tho Other is il the absence of decora-
tion on The sides of Tic pedestal and in leav-
in; out TIC ca.'ics above spoken OF.
Tic a..ttuc re:.t to these is that of Larkin
G. Mod, and il i; to EIy mind almost equal
% tha ono chosen. il represents Lafayette
standing at cae with one hand upon his
F':.-crl and the utLcr holding his hat which he
las crushed Up. At the corner of the ccdcs-
I'll are figure; of noted French officers, and
thoac il front II, labeled Count; &c Grassc
end DC kocialni;eau. At the foot Of the
pedestal is tl!i.; Inscription, being quotation
of til" famous Ettcrancc Of Lafayette when
he offered himself 10 Ike .ti::, i'can army: